Federal and Canadian officials recently said they expect sea lamprey numbers in all the Great Lakes to exceed target numbers — sometimes by large amounts — in the coming years because of ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

The lake sturgeon is the oldest and largest native fish species in North America’s Great Lakes. Lake sturgeons can grow huge. It’s not unusual to find one six feet long and 200 pounds.

The Great Lakes Fishery’s one of a kind pest control program is getting closer to ridding the lakes of its problem. Sea Lampreys are parasitic fish native to the Atlantic Ocean. They parasitize other ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...